November 2011 - Grocery Challenge

cleggie

I failed miserably on the October one (went over by at least £100 ).
So, i am going to go for £220 this month and hope i stick to it!

meanmarie

Please put me down for €185 again for November...hope to do better than in October....don't ask!

Marie

Elisheba

Could you please put me down for £300 for November, starting tomorrow? Us two and the three cats - all cats stuff, food and toiletries. We have gone really off track the lastfew months and need to pull it in a bit. oney saving and budgeting all the way! we are going to try out a months meal planning tonight. Fingers crossed, that not only can we stick to budget for November but we can actuallly cat back a bit! Would be very useful for Xmas!

spendaholic

Oh my goodness, page 3 already. :eek:

I have 4 weekends in November, so at £40 a week, that's £160 for me please. That's for me, 2 cats, 1 dog and 1 weekend man, and includes everything - food, detergents, odds n sods, anything I get from a supermarket.

Thank you, and good luck everyone. :T

[Deleted User]

ok, ive decided that £100 would be a good November one for me. Am desperate to get some things i have my eyes on in AF, but end up going crazy. I am going to have a separate drinks budget of £10 per week, which i will throw into my sealed pot challenge, should i not use it, which currently stands at the grand total of zilch. Its all gone slightly awol, as i am having a new kitchen installed, courtesy of our housing co-op and i decided to splash out on a hob and oven, so overdraft, which was nearly paid, now bulging. Oh well, on a positive note, its all heading in the right direction.

Ceirdwyn

HI, I'd like to join please. I'm on a low, limited income and need to keep track.
I'm going to aim at £300 for November, I know I usually spend around £350 or more so I'm hoping to reign it in a bit. That will be everything for me, DH, and 2 DD's (12 and 10) including food, toiletries, magazines that aren't subscription, and any other bits I pick up, but not food for the 5 snakes, they have their own budget.

skf28

Hello, I would love to join the grocery challenge - could you put me down for £300 for November (well for 28 Oct - payday which is 23 Nov).

This will be for all groceries, cleaning prods, dog food and drinks (alcoholic). Will be the first month I have properly tracked the spend for a long time so will be interesting to see if I am anywhere near the mark :eek:

budget is for 2 adults, 1 toddler and 1 very small dog

GreenSaints

Hello Grocery Challenge Veterans

I'm a newbie, but am always wanting to save money anyway I can.

There is me, my boyfriend, a cat and a fish in our household Do you class everything in the challenge - like toiletries, washing powder etc?

Either way, I'd like to try for £40 a week, so £160 in total and see how I get on.

Looking forward to it. Hope I do you all proud

fuddle

Been and got my meat for the month so that is £61 spent with £179 left for the month. Don't worry, I know what I'm doing

Kaloloke

Hi,

For November I am going to have a monthly budget of £250 split into 5 weekly shops of £50 each. I went over last month so I am hoping to bake more cakes instead of buying them and attempt bread making (by hand). Fingers crossed we can do it

Thanks to those who keep this going.

K